¹Kana panyika yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ive yako, pakawanikwa munhu akaurawa akatandavara kusango, kusingazikamwi kuti wamuuraya ndiani,

¹If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess, lying in the field, [and] it be not known who hath smitten him,

²ipapo vakuru vako navatongi vako vanofanira kundoyera chinhambo kusvika kumaguta akapoteredza munhu wakaurawa;

²then thine elders and thy judges shall go forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain;

³zvino guta riri pedo nomunhu wakaurawa, vakuru veguta iro vanofanira kutora tsiru remombe, risina kumbobatwa naro, risina kumbokweva pajoko,

³and the city that is nearest unto him that is slain, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer that hath not been wrought with, that hath not drawn in the yoke;

⁴vakuru veguta iro vagoenda netsiru kumupata uno rukova rune mvura inoyerera, usina kumborimwa kana kudzvarwa, ndokuvhuna mutsipa wetsiru imomo mumupata;

⁴and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto an ever-flowing watercourse, which is not tilled, nor is it sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the watercourse;

⁵vapristi vana vaRevhi vanofanira kuswedera, nekuti ndivo vakatsaurwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti vamushumire, nokuropafadza vanhu nezita raJehovha; nekuti chirevo chenharo dzose nokukuvadza kose zvinofanira kutemwa navo;

⁵and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Jehovah thy God hath chosen to do service unto him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah; and according to their word shall be every controversy and every stroke.

⁶zvino vakuru vose veguta iro riri pedo nomunhu wakaurawa vanofanira kushamba maoko avo pamusoro petsiru rakavhuniwa mutsipa waro pamupata,

⁶And all the elders of that city, that are nearest unto him that is slain, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck is broken in the watercourse,

⁷vagopindura, vachiti, Maoko edu haana kuteura ropa iro, nameso edu haana kuriona.

⁷and shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

⁸imwi Jehovha kangamwirai henyu vanhu venyu valsiraeri, vamakadzikunura; musatendera kuti ropa risine mhosva rigare pakati pavanhu venyu vaIsiraeri. Ipapo vachakangamwirwa ropa iro.

⁸Forgive thy people Israel, whom thou, Jehovah, hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to the charge of thy people Israel; and the blood shall be expiated for them.

⁹Saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa ropa risine mhosva pakati pako, kana waita zvakarurama pamberi paJehovha.

⁹So shalt thou put away innocent blood from thy midst, when thou shalt do what is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

¹⁰Kana uchindorwa navavengi vako, Jehovha Mwari wako akavaisa mumaoko ako, ukavatapa,

¹⁰When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and Jehovah thy God delivereth them into thy hands, and thou hast taken captives of them,

¹¹ukaona pakati pavatapwa mukadzi wakanaka, ukamuda, ukada kumuwana ave mukadzi wako,

¹¹and thou seest among the captives a woman of beautiful form, and hast a desire unto her, and takest her as thy wife;

¹²unofanira kuenda naye kumba kwako; zvino iye unofanira kuveura musoro wake, nokugura nzara dzake,

¹²then thou shalt bring her home to thy house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;

¹³nokurasha nguvo dzake dzokutapwa, ndokugara mumba mako achichema baba vake namai vake mwedzi wose; pashure paizvozvo iwe ungapinda kwaari, iwe uve murume wake, iye ave mukadzi wako.

¹³and she shall put the clothes of her captivity from off her, and shall abide in thy house, and bewail her father and mother a full month, and afterwards thou mayest go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

¹⁴Zvino kana iwe usingafari naye, unofanira kumurega kuti aende hake kwaanoda; asi haufaniri kutongomutengesa nemari; haufaniri kumuitira sezvinoitirwa muranda, nekuti wakatanga wamunyadzisa.

¹⁴And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go according to her desire; but thou shalt in no wise sell her for money; thou shalt not treat her as a slave, because thou hast humbled her.

¹⁵Kana murume achinge ana vakadzi vaviri, mumwe unodikamwa, nomumwe unovengwa, vakamuberekera vana, unodikamwa nounovengwa vose vari vaviri; zvino kana mwanakomana wedangwe ari waiye unovengwa,

¹⁵If a man have two wives, one beloved, and one hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated, and the firstborn son be hers that was hated;

¹⁶musi waanogarisa vanakomana vake nhaka yake, haafaniri kupa mwanakomana wounodikamwa udangwe, achidarika mwanakomana wounovengwa, iye ari mwanakomana wedangwe chaiye;

¹⁶then it shall be, in the day that he maketh his sons to inherit what he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, who is the firstborn;

¹⁷asi anofanira kutenda mwanakomana wounovengwa, kuti ndiye wedangwe, amupe migove miviri yezvose zvaanazvo; nekuti ndiye wokutanga wesimba rake; ndiye anofanirwa noudangwe.

¹⁷but he shall acknowledge as firstborn the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that is found with him; for he is the firstfruits of his vigour: the right of the firstborn is his.

¹⁸Kana munhu anomwanakomana wakasindimara usinganzwi, asingadi kuteerera inzwi rababa vake kana inzwi ramai vake, usinganzwi kana vachimuranga;

¹⁸If a man have an unmanageable and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not unto the voice of his father, nor unto the voice of his mother, and they have chastened him, but he hearkeneth not unto them;

¹⁹baba vake namai vake vanofanira kumubata ndokuenda naye kuvakuru veguta rake, nokusuwo renzvimbo yake,

¹⁹then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

²⁰vagoti kuvakuru veguta rake, Mwanakomana wedu uyu wakasindimara, unotimukira, haadi kuteerera inzwi redu; unopedza fuma, nokumwa doro.

²⁰and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is unmanageable and rebellious, he hearkeneth not unto our voice; he is a profligate and a drunkard.

²¹Zvino varume vose veguta vanofanira kumutaka namabwe, kuti afe; saizvozvo unofanira kubvisa chakaipa pakati pako; vaIsiraeri vose vazvinzwe, vatye.

²¹And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

²²Kana munhu achinge atadza chivi chinofanirwa norufu, akaurawa, ukamusungirira pamuti;

²²And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou have hanged him on a tree,

²³chitunha chake hachifaniri kuvata pamuti usiku hwose, asi unofanira kumuviga nomusi iwoyo, nekuti munhu wakasungirirwa wakatukwa naMwari; kuti urege kusvibisa nyika yako yaunopiwa naJehovha Mwari wako, kuti ive yako.

²³his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day (for he that is hanged is a curse of God); and thou shalt not defile thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.